Verification Request: @vandubois/homebridge-virtual-switch #752
Description
Plugin Name
@vandubois/homebridge-virtual-switch
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The plugin does not offer the same nor less functionality than that of any existing verified plugin.
🟢 Yes
The plugin successfully installs and does not start unless it is configured.
🟢 Yes
The plugin does not require the user to run Homebridge in a TTY or with non-standard startup parameters, even for initial configuration.
🟢 Yes
The plugin does not contain any analytics or calls that enable you to track the user.
🟢 Yes
If the plugin needs to write files to disk (cache, keys, etc.), it stores them inside the Homebridge storage directory.
🟢 Yes
The plugin does not throw unhandled exceptions, the plugin must catch and log its own errors.
🟢 Yes
More Information
The plugin is Homebridge 2.0 compliant and provides for virtual switches. The primary novelty is that the plugin can be used to monitor the Homebridge log file for user defined keywords (e.g. warning/alert messages that a plugin has lost API connection) . When they occur in the log file, a virtual switch is set (stateful or not, normally closed or not). These switches can then be used in advanced HomeKit automations (e.g. to send messages to the admin via Pushover, blow a horn, blink a light, etc.). This increases the practicality and reliability of Homebridge integrations of other (IoT) plugins greatly. Lastly, the plugin also allows for the creation of a variety of traditional virtual switches.